Jennifer Aniston Dishes Out The Best Relationship Advice

Speaking with Elle magazine in a new profile that separates the real Jennifer Aniston from the false persona generated by years of tabloid stories, the Dumplin' actress opened up more than she has in recent times, and bestowed some incredible life lessons based on her personalized experiences.


maybe the most surprising suggestions came while discussing a topic that's frequent fodder for her gossip-column counterpart: her previous marriages to Brad Pitt and Justin Theroux. "My marriages, they’ve been very successful, in [my] personalized suggestion Aniston mentioned. "And any time as soon as they came to an end, it was a choice that was made because we chose to be happy, and some days happiness didn’t exist within that arrangement anymore."


Her sound outlook — choosing happiness — is further solidified by her blatant rejection of fear-based decisions. "At the end of it, this is our one life and I would not live in a situation out of fear. Fear of being alone. Fear of not being able to survive. To reside in a marriage based on fear feels like you’re doing your one life a disservice," she mentioned. Any time the work has been put in and it also doesn’t seem that there’s an alternative of it working, that’s okay. That’s not a failure."


Although she got the reality check through her marriages, the thought process is applicable to any relationship. Going through a breakup is a fully common segment of life, plus it doesn't mean anyone's failed at because they've reached that stage — it just means that there's more happiness to be had elsewhere.


But "powerful," "incredible," and "admirable" a happy ending may seem, Aniston recognizes that "everybody's path is different." And anyway, as she mentioned at another point in the interview, "Why do we want a happy ending? How about just a happy existence? A happy process? We’re all in process constantly."


As an alternative opposed to focusing on a "fairy tale" schedule that dictates as soon as whenever a woman should get wedded and have children, Aniston has focused her energy on developing trustworthy friendships, which have allowed her to fulfill most of the roles a long-established path would have suggested. "We routinely joke that we raised each other, we mothered each other, we sistered each other, we’ve been kids to each other."


It's a "glass-half-full" reality she created intentionally by routinely being open. Allowing myself to feel what I feel," she mentioned. "What brings me happiness? I have a good job. I have a fantastic family member. I have excellent companions. I have no need to feel otherwise. If I did, I'll need to go and get an attitude shift, a perspective shift."


So, the next time you find yourself defining your worth based on society's outdated standards, do like Aniston does. Question yourself, "What brings me happiness?"